We have a bit of information concerning these two mystery variants that popped up a few days ago. Apparently a store called Star Clipper in St. Louis will have them both in store and on their website. There are rumors that this one will be available elsewhere, but for now, these guys are the only ones that have contacted us with a confirmed location.

Hope you collectors are able to get it! Lyra, Derpy, and Bonbon on one book is definitely one of the most fan-oriented versions.

A couple of new translucent blindbag ponies have popped up on Ebay from an unknown set. Most of these appear to be re-vamps of past solid figures. Someone going by the name of Violet CLM who dug this up for us has a bit of information on each of them:

Royal Riff(?) (first
released in the sparkly wave as a sparkly dark blue pony, then in the
blue/purple wave in grayish colors; also a background pony. never hot
pink in any way.)

Sky Wishes (first
released in the first Toys R Us exclusive set, then in the yellow/green
wave without changes; colors are similar here but not identical)

Sunny Rays (first
released in the yellow/green wave with pink hair, also as a brushable
with purple hair; this appears to be a compromise between the two? has
pink hair in the show.) (also looks kinda like G3 Scootaloo)

With the Friendship is Magic comic issue #1 release date dropping tomorrow, reviews of the series have been creeping into various websites. So far everything is largely positive, which was kind of expected based on the pages we have seen so far. I'll keep this post updated as more come in, but for now, have Kotaku and Bleedingcool.

As many of you who have watched the various Spider Man, Iron Man, and X-Men movies in the past decade or so have noticed, Stan Lee (the creator of it all) loves to make a random cameo appearance in each, usually as an innocent bystander who drops a quick one-liner and moves on.

Based on a few of his retweets coming from a convention with his name on it, it's looking like the comic book legend might be willing to hop on the pony bandwagon for an episode.

I know a bunch of you are fans of the guy considering our massive geek culture following. How would you react if a ponified Stan Lee commented on Rainbow Dash's recent hijinks from the sidelines?

Thanks to Nicolas for the heads up!

And his twitter page for those wondering, the retweets can be found about 7 tweets down as of the creation of this post.

Chili battle edition! Who would make the best chili? Maybe Applejack would come in with some kind of apple flavored flair? Or Pinkie Pie with sugar chili? Only season 17 when this actually happens will tell!

We have some stragglers that couldn't find buddies to pair up with in their specific categories, so have a mix! We start this one off with a ponified trailer, run with some Monty Python in the second slot, and a PMV in the third. Find them below!

1.) Twi: The Great and Powerful
2.) Zecora Weighs the Same as a Duck
3.) PMV - Pain